Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e08d851aa86ce8a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3525-01-01 Authoring application: 4908
MD5: 1850461dd2f2aac2ceb16a0172e3b1d1 SHA-1: 7648ac531f6090997cbc92e13a8652971e34fb59 SHA-256: e08d851aa86ce8a6d0865ef0e61ed3de941893112255a0236f89b8895f3b047f
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, although obfuscated, is likely responsible for triggering the exploit and potentially downloading a second-stage payload. The file type and heuristic firings point towards a common PDF-based exploit delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
b48534e84d79f3a1f02c2c930ba625e3832e407afceaa148ef838e6105bcde8b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4792 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).